[Kali_Namir]

I started out hating him as well, but in the 3rd book I decided he wasn't all that bad and since Harry looked so much like his father, Snape thought he was getting revenge on James. So I started to feel a little better about Snape.

Even though Dumbledore was certain Snape was a good guy and all that I was still leery of him and still didn't trust him. Then he killed Dumbledore. But at that point I realized he wasn't all that bad. I knew he killed Dumbledore, but it was in the name of saving Draco and 'keeping his innocence'. I truly believed him to have decided it was best to protect Draco than to help the Order, I always felt that Snape would do ANYTHING to rescue Draco from the same fate, and that because of that touch of morality, he couldn't be all that bad...

The in the last book, when Harry looked back in the Pensive, I literally couldn't stop crying. That's when I realized I had ALWAYS been rooting for Snape to be a good guy. I just knew he had a reason for all he did.

After that I actually re-read the books as the story of Harry, but Narrated by Snape, or the story more of Snape than Harry. It's actually really easy to read it that way. It was kind of awesome.

Having read how much Snape loved Lily, I was able to understand just why Snape did what he did. I ADORED that the last thing Snape saw was the eyes he had loved his entire life. It really touched me.

I LOVE Alan Rickman as Snape. No one else could have done it better!!! I also love how JKR gave Rickman the info of Snape's love for Lily before anyone else knew. I loved that she did that and it really did make Rickman's performance the best thing ever...

On a side note...No one but Dame Maggie Smith could have EVER been Professor McGonagall...And I mean NO ONE...She's who I pictured in my head from the start...(well as soon as I saw The Sister Act she's who I pictured)